Awning support



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AWNING SUPPRT.

Application filed December 6, 1926. Serial No. 152,905.

My invention relates to awnings which are adapted especially for u'se in the windows of automobiles. The present invention relates more particularly to supports or frames for the awning proper and it has three primary objects in view:

Phe provision of a frame which is adapted to be removably inserted in a window opening of a closed automobile in such a manner as to avoid entirely the groove in which the window is slidably mounted so as not to interfere with the opening and the closing awning is in place.

The provision ol' a trame of the non-roll type and having a support and a .spreader pivotally connected together and supporting 'the awning between them, with a spring in dead center relation so that the spring will hold the awning under tension when open and so that it will positively hold the parts in closed position when the awning is folded, and

The provision of means for maintaining the awning support in rigid condition and l'or preventing sagging in the iranie, thereby increasing the effectiveness and the attractive appearance of the awning and increasing its life. v

The secondary objects will be mentioned in the following description.

Referring now to the drawings,

Figure 1 is an. illustration of a portion of an automobile with my awning in place.

Figure 2 is a view in perspectlve of the awning frame.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Fi 'ure 11 is a view in side elevation showt e awning closed.

igure 5 is a View in side elevation showing the parts. of the awning frame in the open position.

Figure 6 'is a View in horlzontal section through the window and window `traine and showingI particularly the points of attachment oi' my awning frame.

The frame includes a two structure which is adapted to be secured in the Window opening and to support the -upper edge of the awning. The two parts 10 and 11 are complementary and they are slidably interconnected with resilient means for keeping them spread apart. The inner end spring 13 is secured at its ends to the downturned ends 12. A sheath 14 surrounds portions of ,they parts 10and 11.

part bail-nk@ the parts 10 and 11, the sheath being sec by wetting to the part 11, leaving the p ltlfree to slide lengthwise in the sheath. 'lq sheath serves to hold the parts 1G" and, in perfect parallelism during the siidahie movements. Both parts 10 'and 11 have downwardly turned parts 15, the parts 15 being vertical and being perpendicular to At their lower end. pora tions the arms 15 are bent toward each other and outwardly with respect to their positions in the car, these portions being designated. by the numeral 16. At their extreme lower ends the parts 1G are bent inwardly and hor izontally so as to support the bail which serves as a spreader for `the awning.

The bail lli' is with loops lf) for engaging end portions of thearins 16. Beyond the loops it) the spreader hail. terminates in arnis '20 which are bent outwardly and to ward each other. lt should be noted that the spreader bail is made ot resilient material and that the tendency of the lower ends is to spread apart and to thus force the arms 16 apart. '.lhe'arms 10 and 11 are sliilable on each other so that the arms 15 may be forced -toward each other so as to fit he trame into the opening, the arms 15 being then held in their spread apart rela-tion means ot the spring 13 acting at their upp ends and by means et .the springarnis acting at their lower ends. y

The arms 15 are each provided with a. strip of angle steel 21, the edge 21 being rolled to surround its arm 15 and being welded thereto so as to prevent any possible ldisplaceneent. .Each strip is provided also with a narrow outturned lip 23. The purpose of this construction will be apparent from an inspection of .Figure G and it should he kept in mind that one oi" Iny main purposes is to avoid the groove in which the window slides so as to avoid any interference of the awningt'rame with. the window. 1n Figure (3 the side oi.E the window frame is shown at 24E and the window itself is shown at 25, The window frame 2li is provided with a channel which is filled with felt 26 or with some similar padding material. The 'telt is provided with a groove in which the window slides. lip 23 is relatively thin andrnarrow and it is adapted to enter the channel loit the winn dow frame at the outer edge of the telt the inwai'fdlyV leent o the strip en is the'spring 13 actingy in conjunction with a spring 18 to holdthe two arms l5 tightly pressed a ainst the' sides of the window frame. l'.l" e lips 23 supplementthis holding action and prevent accidental displacement of the frame. For convenience in removing the frame from the window openpas ing, the arms l are provided with inwardly projecting portions lvo U form sothat a nger mayv be Ainserted to force the rms l5 toward each other, the strips 2l being cut away at the projections e The trame is constructed so that it may be easily opened or closed. For this purpose springs 27 are secured at their opposite ends to the projections l5 and to the arms A at the extremities thereof. It will be evident from inspection of lligures 4. andv 5 that the points of attachment of the ends of the spring 27 are out of alignment with the pivotal point of the supporting and spreading bail and that the spring must move across the pivotal point when the awning is opened or closed. In other words, l

the parte are in dead center relation so that only a slight impulse being required for either opening or closing the awning, the movement being completed under the action of the springs 27 which then hold the awning taut when open or hold the parts in `iolded relation when the awning is closed.

The awnin frame which I have shown and describe is adapted "to be secured in very rigid relation in a window frame without entering the groove in which the window slides. Conditions frequently make it desirable that the occupants of an automobile be protected from the `glare of the sun and from the. wind at the saine time and for this reason it is absolutely necessary that the awning frame be applied to the win-i dow frame in such away as to entirely avoid the window groove.i The device as aboye described accomplishes this purpose by the use of the novel abutments against the sides of the window and especially by the use ot' a lip which enters a groove other than the groove in which the window slides.

Having thus described my invention in such full, clear, and exact yterms that itsconstruction and operation will be readily understood by others skilled in the art to which it pertains, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of thev United States is:

l. An awning frame which is adapted to be compressed between the side members of a windowopeniiig, said awning frame ingluding two horizontal members which are din overlapping relation at their inner cud portions and which are slidable on leach other, and means secured to one otr said' members for maintaining the sliding movements of both of said members in straight lines.

2. An awning frame which is adapted to be compressed between the side members ot a window opening, said awning frame including two horizontal members which are in overlapping relation at their inner end portions, means on said two members for yieldably -forcing the outer ends thereoi outwardly in the direction of their length, and means secured toone` ot' said members and eng 'ng the other of said members for maintaining the sliding movements otl both of said members in straight lines.

3. An awning frame which. is adapted to be compressed between the sides of a window opening,I said awning frame including two horizontal members which arc in overlappinor relation at their inner end portions and w ich are slidable on each other,l and an elongated sheath surrounding the inner end portions of both of said members for maintaining the sliding movements t ereot in straight lines and for holding said two members in parallel relation.

,4f An awning' frame which is adapted to be compressed between the sides ot' a win` dow opening, said awning frame including two horizontal frame members in parallel and overlapping relation at their inner end Aportions and which are vslidable on each other, means on said two members for yieldably forcing the outer ends thereof outwardly in the direction of their length, and an elongated sheath surrounding both of said inembers for maintainin the slidingmovements thereof in straightlines and for holding said two members in parallel relation.

5. An awning trame which is adaptedto be-compressed between the side members of' a window opening, said awning frame including two horizontal members which are in overlapping relation at their inner end.

be compressed between the side members of a window opening, said awning frame including a pair ofhorizontal members which are in overlapping and parallel relation at their inner endiportions and which are Siidare in overlapping and parallel relation at their inner end portions and which are slidable on eachy other, downwardly projecting members secured to said horizontal members at the outer extremities thereof, said downwardly lprojecting members having outer plane surfaces which are adapted for contact with the verticalside members of the window opening outwardly and away from the grooves in which the window slides, and outwardly vprojecting relatively thin lips on said downwardly projecting members, said lips being adapted to engage in grooves at the sides of the window frame other than the grooves in which the window slides.

8. An awning frame which isl adapted to be compressed between the side members of a window opening, said awning frame including a pair of horizontal members which are in overlapping and parallel relation `attheir inner end portions and which are slidable on each other, downwardly projecting members secured to said horizontal members at the outer extremities thereot, said downwardly projectingv members having outer plane surfaces which are adapted :for contact with'the vertical side members of the window opening outwardly and away from thegrooves in which the window slides, and means on said downwardly projecting members `whereby said members may be grasped by the lingers to force them toward each other. y l

` 9. An awning frame including two members for respectively supporting an awning at its oppositel edges, said two members being pivotally connected together, and an expansible resilient member secured to both of said two members, said expansible resil-4 ient member being in dead center relation with respect to the pivotal connection off said pair of members.

l0. Anawning frame comprising a sup- :porting` bail and a bracing bail, the said two liti bails having their respective arms pivotally l connected with each other, an extension pro jecting from said bracing bail be ond .the pivot with the supporting bail, said entension being offset so as to be in dead center relation with said supporting bail, and an expansible resilient connection between said extension and said supporting bail.

11. An awning frame comprising a supporting bail and a bracing bail, the said' two bails having their arms pivotally connected with each other, an arm of said Supporting bail being provided with a portion projecting inwardly beyond the edge of the window frame, an extension projecting ein an arm or' said bracing bail beyond the pivot thereof, said extension being oset and in dead center relation with the arm of said supporting bail, and an extensible resilient connection between the inwardly projecting portion of the` arm of saidsupporting bail and saidextension. Y i v 12. lAn awning frame comprising a supporting-bail and a bracing bail, the middle portions of said two bails being adapted to support an awning therebetween, inwardly projecting U-shaped portions on the arms of said supporting bail, the arms 'of said bracing bail being looped at their .free extremities, inwardly projecting portions at the free extremities of said supporting bail,

said last named inwardly projectingportions being seated in the loops of said bracing bail t'o pivotally connect the said two baile and an extension on each of the arms o said bracing bail and projecting beyond the pivot thereof, said extensions being outwardly offset with relation tothe arms of said supporting bail and in dead centerrelation therewith, and expansible,spriiyifgsconnected at their extremities to said Ulshaped portions and to said extensions;

In testimony whereof ll aiiix my si' nature EARL E. MCGEW. 

